citizenship
noun (citizenship, uncountable; also a school subject)
Everyday
- Citizenship is being a legal member of a country, with its rights and duties: «British citizenship». tree →
- Citizenship is how a good member of a community behaves: helping others, voting, obeying laws. tree →
- Citizenship is a school subject about laws, rights, democracy and community. tree →
In the lessons
In school, citizenship lessons teach about voting, laws, rights, and helping the community. In news, people apply for citizenship of a new country and take a test. Phrases: dual citizenship, good citizenship, apply for citizenship.
Examples
- She was given Canadian citizenship last year. tree →
- In citizenship we learned how laws are made. tree →
- Picking up litter shows good citizenship. tree →
- Some people have dual citizenship. tree →
- You need citizenship to vote in this country. tree →
- We wrote about citizenship and kindness. tree →
Note
Uncountable. A «citizen» is the person; «citizenship» is the status or behaviour. Spelling: citizen + ship.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «citizenship» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «citizenship» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/citizenship/